Heritage professional Emelia Lehmann wrote about a most unusual and somewhat gruesome artifact that caught her attention when she worked in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library as a graduate student.
Celebrate the bicentennial of Poe’s transformative time at the newly founded University of Virginia. From his studies and life on the Lawn to the debts that forced his early departure, this exhibition reveals how Poe’s brief time at UVA shaped his literary imagination.
Tracing a transatlantic story from the English Fens to the Indigenous homelands of the Virginia Chesapeake, this exhibition unravels how the logic of improvement, codified in law and made visible through environmental interventions, redefined belonging and access to land. On view until June 4, 2027.
A Centennial Retrospective of the Virginia Quarterly Review.
An exhibition to showcase our rich and assorted collections, highlighting the staff who make those materials discoverable and accessible. On view in the Small Special Collections Library through June 13, 2026.
Celebrating the life and legacy of Anne Spencer — Harlem Renaissance poet; civil rights activist; librarian and educator; avid reader and prolific writer. On view through June 14, 2025 in Special Collections.
A new exhibition at the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections sheds light on an often-overlooked Harlem Renaissance poet in UVA’s backyard.
This scary season, if you find yourself on a midnight dreary without a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore to ponder, the University of Virginia Library has recommendations for you.
In 2018, UVA administrators decided they would take on one of the most challenging renovations in school history: expanding, reorganizing, and overhauling Alderman Library.